誰創造了比特幣？ HBO 的新紀錄片《Money Electric》聲稱已經弄清楚了難以捉摸的“中本聰”的身份

由卡倫霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《問：進入風暴》）執導的HBO 新紀錄片《金錢電力：比特幣之謎》聲稱已經查明了這個至今以化名“中本聰”為人所知的難以捉摸的人物的身份。

Bitcoin has been around for 15 years, and while many people know what the cryptocurrency is, there's still one burning question that remains: Who created it?

比特幣已經存在 15 年了，雖然很多人都知道這種加密貨幣是什麼，但仍然有一個亟待解決的問題：誰創造了它？

The new HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, directed by Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm), attempts to answer this question and uncover the identity of the mysterious figure known only by the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto."

HBO 新紀錄片《金錢電力：比特幣之謎》由卡倫霍巴克（Cullen Hoback）（《Q：走進風暴》）執導，試圖回答這個問題，並揭開這個只有化名「中本聰」的神秘人物的身份。

The documentary, which premiered on Oct. 8, begins by explaining what Bitcoin is for those who may not be familiar with the cryptocurrency and then goes through its long, controversial history.

這部紀錄片於 10 月 8 日首播，首先向可能不熟悉加密貨幣的人解釋比特幣是什麼，然後回顧了其漫長而有爭議的歷史。

"Who cares about Bitcoin?" Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, rhetorically asks in an old clip at the beginning of the doc as the 2010 value of one bitcoin flashes on the screen.

“誰關心比特幣？”摩根大通 (JPMorgan Chase) 執行長傑米戴蒙 (Jamie Dimon) 在文件開頭的一段舊剪輯中反問，螢幕上閃現著 2010 年 1 個比特幣的價值。

Spoiler alert: It's 23 cents.

劇透警告：23 分。

A group of people, including Donald Trump, characterize Bitcoin as a "scam" as we see its value increasing onscreen over the years that follow. A decade and a half after its launch, the documentary claims, "Bitcoin has become the 10th most valuable asset in the world."

包括唐納德·川普在內的一群人將比特幣描述為“騙局”，因為我們看到它的價值在接下來的幾年裡在螢幕上不斷增加。該紀錄片在推出十五年後聲稱，“比特幣已成為世界上第十大最有價值的資產。”

But still, the trillion-dollar question persists: Who created it?

但仍然存在價值數萬億美元的問題：誰創造了它？

Satoshi Nakamoto, who might be worth more than $1 trillion, is said to be the genius behind the decentralized, libertarian dream currency — but no-one by that name actually exists. And, as the documentary goes on to explain, Nakamoto disappeared years ago, leading to "the greatest mystery of the internet age" — the Gen Z version of "Who killed Jimmy Hoffa?" and "What happened to D.B. Cooper"?

中本聰的身價可能超過 1 兆美元，據說他是去中心化、自由主義夢想貨幣背後的天才，但實際上沒有一個叫這個名字的人。而且，正如紀錄片繼續解釋的那樣，中本聰幾年前就失踪了，導致了“互聯網時代最大的謎團”——Z 世代版本的“誰殺了吉米·霍法？”和「DB庫柏怎麼了」？

Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2008, and then they seemed to vanish around the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011, before the cryptocurrency really took off.

中本聰在 2008 年創建了比特幣，然後它們似乎在 2010 年底或 2011 年初左右消失了，當時加密貨幣才真正起飛。

Hoback travels around the world and speaks to various experts and insiders, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, early Bitcoin developer Peter Todd and "Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver, to get to the bottom of why Satoshi vanished and, more importantly, who they are. Are they still alive? Did they ever even exist?

霍巴克走遍世界各地，與各種專家和內部人士交談，包括Blockstream 執行長Adam Back、早期比特幣開發者Peter Todd 和「比特幣耶穌」Roger Ver，以查明中本聰消失的原因，更重要的是，了解他們是誰。他們還活著嗎？它們曾經存在過嗎？

Australian businessman Craig Wright claimed to be Nakamoto at one point, which effectively ruled him out and eventually landed him in the crosshairs of the U.K. High Court.

澳洲商人克雷格·賴特(Craig Wright)曾一度聲稱自己是中本聰，這實際上排除了他的可能性，並最終使他成為英國高等法院的焦點。

The documentary throws out several other names — Blockstream cofounder Gregory Maxwell, computer scientist Nick Szabo, researcher and investor Wei Dei and the late Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney — before ultimately landing on one man: Peter Todd.

這部紀錄片拋出了其他幾個名字——Blockstream 聯合創始人格雷戈里·麥克斯韋爾(Gregory Maxwell)、計算機科學家尼克·薩博(Nick Szabo)、研究員兼投資者Wei Dei 和已故比特幣先驅哈爾·芬尼(Hal Finney)——但最終選擇了一個人：彼得·托德(Peter Todd)。

Todd, a young Canadian who was still a college student in the early days of Bitcoin, says he didn't get involved in Bitcoin until 2014. But Hoback uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise, revealing that someone using the handle "toddp" had in fact been posting on the Bitcoin forum as early as 2010, finishing one of Nakamoto's thoughts before disappearing from the platform two days prior to when Nakamoto vanished from the forum.

托德(Todd) 是一位年輕的加拿大人，在比特幣誕生初期還是一名大學生，他表示自己直到2014 年才涉足比特幣。 ，使用「toddp」帳號的人實際上已經涉足比特幣領域。論壇消失的前兩天。

When Hoback presents his suspicions to the real Peter Todd, who is now sitting before him, Todd begins chuckling. "I will admit, you're pretty creative," he says. "You come up with some crazy theories. It's ludicrous, but it's the kind of theory that someone who spends his time as a documentary journalist would come up with."

當霍巴克向坐在他面前的真正的彼得托德提出他的懷疑時，托德開始咯咯地笑。 「我承認，你很有創意，」他說。 “你想出了一些瘋狂的理論。這很荒唐，但這是那些花時間做紀錄片記者的人會想出的理論。”

He goes on to call Hoback's theory "just another example of journalists really missing the point in a way that's very funny."

他接著稱霍巴克的理論“只是記者以一種非常有趣的方式真正錯過重點的另一個例子。”

"What is the point?" Hoback asks.

“有什麼意義？”霍巴克問。

"The point is to make Bitcoin the global currency," replies Todd, still chuckling, "and people like you being distracted by nonsense."

“重點是讓比特幣成為全球貨幣，”托德回答道，他仍然笑著，“像你這樣的人會被廢話分散注意力。”

That may be amusing to Todd, but it's not exactly a denial.

這對托德來說可能很有趣，但這並不完全是否認。

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery is now streaming on Max.

《Money Electric：比特幣之謎》現已在 Max 播出。